Hi there,
I've been running for about 3 weeks now, my routine consists of running 5.6k 3 times a week, usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I was reasonably fit to start with as i used to play football but, i did a couple of 5k races during the summer and i really enjoyed the experience, so i decided that i'd take up running with a view to entering more races next year.
I usually maintain a steady to moderate pace on my runs, and i normally record a time of about 24:20, almost consistently! I would like to go quicker but, i'm not sure how i can alter my training to take it up a level, so to speak.
I recently borrowed a book on 5 & 10k running from my local library but, the author was babbling on about stuff that didn't make any sense (to me anyway:embarrassed: !!), heart rate, racing energy, tempo, power, pie charts graphs etc etc. it might as well of been written in a foreign language.
Please forgive me if i'm going over old ground here but, can anyone offer any advice?
Cheers.
I've been running for about 3 weeks now, my routine consists of running 5.6k 3 times a week, usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I was reasonably fit to start with as i used to play football but, i did a couple of 5k races during the summer and i really enjoyed the experience, so i decided that i'd take up running with a view to entering more races next year.
I usually maintain a steady to moderate pace on my runs, and i normally record a time of about 24:20, almost consistently! I would like to go quicker but, i'm not sure how i can alter my training to take it up a level, so to speak.
I recently borrowed a book on 5 & 10k running from my local library but, the author was babbling on about stuff that didn't make any sense (to me anyway:embarrassed: !!), heart rate, racing energy, tempo, power, pie charts graphs etc etc. it might as well of been written in a foreign language.
Please forgive me if i'm going over old ground here but, can anyone offer any advice?
Cheers.